NGC 5361
| Galaxy NGC 5361 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 5361 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 54 m 35.2 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 26 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018843 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 5649 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(256 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.4 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5361 • PGC 49441 • CGCG 219-025 • MCG + 07-29-015 • IRAS 13524 + 3841 • KUG 1352 + 386 • 2MASX J13543519 + 3826582 • GC 3700 • H III 682 • NVSS J135435 + 382658 | |
NGC 5361 is a 13.9 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation hounds in the north star sky . It is estimated to be 256 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5341 , NGC 5349 , NGC 5351 , NGC 5378 , among others .
The object was discovered on May 16, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “eF, cS, E sp small star”.